Written questions

2,576 written questions tabled, most recent first.

8 Jun 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Colombia: Bilateral Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much bilateral Official Development Assistance has been allocated to Colombia in 2021-22.

8 Jun 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Brazil: Bilateral Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much bilateral Official Development Assistance has been allocated to Brazil in 2021-22.

8 Jun 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Belize: Bilateral Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much bilateral Official Development Assistance has been allocated to Belize in 2021-22.

24 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Nepal: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what requests he has received from the Government of Nepal for oxygen-related equipment and medical supplies in respect of the covid-19 outbreak in that country.

24 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of the reduction in Official Development Assistance spending on education on the Prime Minister's ability to use the G7 to support g

24 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to increase the global production of covid-19 vaccines.

24 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Charities

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of impact of cancelling rounds six, seven and eight of the Small Charities Challenge Fund on employment (a) in the UK and (b) overseas.

24 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Bangladesh: Rohingya

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department conducted an impact assessment on the reduction in UK aid to the Rohingya in Bangladesh in 2021.

24 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

India: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department will classify the medical support provided to India to help fight covid-19 as overseas development assistance.

24 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: India

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has sent surplus personal protective equipment to India to help tackle the covid-19 pandemic.

20 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Independent Commission for Aid Impact's rapid review entitled Management of the 0.7 per cent ODA spending target in 2020, if he will publish the judgmen

20 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the exacerbation of value for money risks set out in the Independent Commission for Aid Impact's rapid review report entitled Management of the 0.7 per cent

20 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Global Partnership for Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he plans to announce the UK's allocation of funding to the replenishment of the Global Partnership for Education.

20 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Global Partnership for Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether it is his policy for the UK to retain its position as the leading bilateral donor to the Global Partnership for Education at the upcoming Global Education Summit.

18 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish a list of all the projects and programmes which have received a reduction in Official Development Assistance by (a) more than 25 per cent, (b) more than 50

18 May 2021 · Treasury

Development Aid

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 17 May 2021 to Question 826 on Overseas Aid, what metrics his Department plans to use to determine whether the fiscal circumstances have sufficiently improved to return to spending 0.7 per

13 May 2021 · Department for Education

Pupil Exclusions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress he has made in implementing the recommendations of the Timpson Review on school exclusions.

13 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to ONS statistics published on 6 May 2021, for what reason risk of death involving covid-19 increased for Sikhs and Muslims compared to Christians between the first and second wave o

12 May 2021 · Treasury

Development Aid

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his oral contribution of 12 May 2021, Official Report, what assessment he has made of the level of UK (a) debt and (b) deficit as a share of GDP that would enable a return to spending 0.7 per cent

12 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Termination of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many of the 219 employees who have left his Department since October 2020 were former staff of the (a) Department for International Development and (b) Foreign and Common

11 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Iran: UN Commission on the Status of Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how the UK voted in the United Nations Economic and Social Council ballot on Iran's election to the UN Commission on the Status of Women.

26 Apr 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Development Aid: China

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much Official Development Assistance his Department plans to allocate to projects in China in 2021.

26 Apr 2021 · Department for Education

School Exclusions Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress he has made in implementing the recommendations of the Timpson Review on school exclusions.

23 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

COVAX

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Prime Minister's comments to the G7 on the 19 February 2021, what recent steps he has taken to deliver on the commitment to send the majority of any future s

22 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Written Statement of 21 April 2021, HCWS935 on FCDO Update, which countries his Department includes as part of (a) East Africa, (b) the Indo-Pacific and

22 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Written Statement of 21 April 2021, HCWS935 on FCDO Update, how much and what proportion of UK aid will have gender equality as a (a) significant and (b

22 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Sustainable Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the effect of the reduction to the official development assistance budget on progress in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

22 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the Official Development Assistance spend was on (a) climate and biodiversity, (b) global health security, (c) girls’ education, (d) humanitarian preparedness and respon

22 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his oral evidence of 22 April to the International Development Select Committee on the future of UK aid, which country plans have been finalised.

21 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Charities

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many applications have been (a) received, (b) approved and (c) provisionally approved for the Small Charities Challenge Fund since that fund was established; and how much

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